Handbook of Veterinary Nursing presents essential guidance and helpful tips on developing and delivering high quality nursing care and skills. Fully updated, this easy-to-follow guide reflects recent changes to veterinary nursing qualifications, current terminology and drugs in use. The emphasis is on the importance of working methodically, using high quality procedures, to help the whole veterinary team ensure the most successful outcomes in animal care. Written in note form for quick reference by veterinary nurses and technicians at all stages of their training and career, this will be invaluable for both exam revision and quick reference in clinic. Contents include: The nursing process in veterinary care, physical assessment of the patient, managing the hospital environment, managing the operating room, surgical nursing activities, anaesthesia, diagnostic imaging, diagnostic tests, triage and emergency procedures, and essential calculations for drugs, fluids, nutrition and radiographic exposures. Key features: Gives clinical advice quickly and simply Written by authors with many years experience of veterinary nurse training and education Contains essential calculations Illustrated in colour throughout

Handbook of Veterinary Nursing presents essentialguidance and helpful tips on developing and delivering high qualitynursing care and skills.Fully updated, this easy-to-follow guide reflects recent changesto veterinary nursing qualifications, current terminology and drugsin use. The emphasis is on the importance of working methodicallyusing high quality procedures, to help the whole veterinary teamensure the most successful outcomes in animal care.Written in note form for quick reference by veterinary nursesand technicians at all stages of their training and career, thiswill be invaluable for both exam revision and quick reference inclinic.Contents include:The nursing process in veterinary care, physical assessment ofthe patient, managing the hospital environment, managing theoperating room, surgical nursing activities, anaesthesiadiagnostic imaging, diagnostic tests, triage and emergencyprocedures, and essential calculations for drugs, fluids, nutritionand radiographic exposures.Key features:*Gives clinical advice quickly and simply*Written by authors with many years experience of veterinarynurse training and education*Contains essential calculations*Illustrated in colour throughout

Section 1 Contemporary Veterinary NursingSection 2 Managing the Hospital EnvironmentSection 3 Managing the Operating RoomSection 4 The Operating Room - Surgical Nursing ActivitiesSection 5 AnaesthesiaSection 6 Diagnostic ImagingSection 7 Diagnostic TestsSection 8 Triage and Emergency ProceduresAppendix: Calculations